Thunderstorm alert in several states, schools in Delhi closed tomorrow

May 07, 2018 19:44

The Delhi government has put search and rescue teams on standby and the traffic police have alerted their field formations to be ready for removal of obstacles after the meteorological department today issued a warning of heavy rain and thunderstorm.

The traffic police has asked commuters to check weather conditions before travelling while the Delhi Metro too has decided to exercise extreme caution in running of trains in the wake of the warning.

The revenue department of the Delhi government has issued directions to all district officers and said water and power utilities would also keep restoration teams ready .

"The district and sub-district search and rescue teams have been put on standby," a senior official of the department said.

According to the India Meteorological Department, thunderstorm accompanied with gusty winds are very likely at isolated places over Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi and western Uttar Pradesh today and tomorrow.

The Delhi government also decided to close all evening schools tomorrow following the weather department's warning about heavy rains and thunderstorm.

The government said that all evening schools (second shift which starts from the afternoon) will be shut tomorrow.

The decision was taken at a high-level meeting chaired by chief secretary Anshu Prakash to review prepardness in the wake of the warning.

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, which operates trains in the national capital and NCR, said it would exercise extreme caution in running of trains.

"If wind speed is reported in the range of 70-90 kmph then train movement will remain normal but trains will enter with a restricted speed of 40 kmph or less at the platforms on elevated section.

"If wind speed is reported more than 90 kmph then trains will be put on hold at platforms and no train will enter platform with a speed of more than 15 kmph," a senior DMRC official told PTI.

In this case, normal movement of trains will be restored once the wind speed is reported less then 85kmph for continuous five minutes. Appropriate announcements will be made at stations during this period, he said.

At the same time, the Delhi Traffic Police has advised commuters to plan their journey after checking the weather conditions. -- PTI

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